Meet Your Drill Sergeants

Carol Moxam, CSEP – Bio
CEO & Founder
Special Event Boot Camp
www.specialeventbootcamp.com

Presenting: General’s Strategy Zone

One of Canada’s top three Event Professionals, one of 12 Certified Special Event Professional’s in Canada, and Founder of Special Event Boot Camp.  A natural leader, educator, and communicator, she is one of those rare young women who motivates and inspires and whose success can be largely attributed to her dedicated enthusiasm, passion and charisma.  Carol recently joined 30 of the worlds top planners on a special project in developing the content for International Events Manager Certification .

 

 

Martin Rubio – Bio
Vice President Marketing
VROOMmedia
www.vroommedia.com

Presenting: Brand Experience Zone

With more than 15 years experience, Martin has held a variety of senior and strategic roles, in Canada and Internationally. Beginning his career in the marketing industry, he has led key roles in sales, marketing and communications across the U.S., Canada, Europe and South America.

 

Julie Danaylov & Elisa DeAngelis
A2D2 Inc.
www.a2d2.ca

Presenting Community & Cause Events Zone

Whether in the air or on the ground, A2D2 is best known for spectacular aerial cirque and dance entertainment! For numerous years this talented group of world-class artists have been dazzling event attendees leaving them breathless and inspired time and time again.

With directorial team of sisters, Julie, Elisa and Samantha DeAngelis, their collective talents have allowed extraordinary customized ideas to emerge that have suited a multitude of themes for hundreds of events.

 

 

 

 

 Michael Coombs
Prodigy Entertainment
www.prodigyentertainment.ca

Presenting: Economic Relations Zone

Michael has shared the stage with Canadian Rock & Roll Legends Jeff Healy and Tom Cochrane, has been interviewed and mentioned in Toronto Life Magazine, the Globe & Mail, Today’s Bride, Weddingsbells, Wedluxe Magazine and wrote the forward for Tom Haibeck’s best selling book "The Wedding MC". Michael is referred by Toronto’s Top Wedding and Special Event Planners, Wedding Professionals and Venues. Not to mention he was the recipient of the 2007 and the 2008 Canadian
Wedding DJ of the Year award at the Canadian Wedding Industry Awards and was the 2009 National President for Canada’s largest DJ Association,
the Canadian Professional DJ Association (CPDJA).

 

 

 

 

Vanessa Engel - Bio
Founder
The Dance Company
www.thedancecompany.ca

The Dance Company was created in 2001 by, Vanessa Engel.  Drawing from her education in business management and experience as a professional dancer, Vanessa opened The Dance Company. She jumped “feet-first” into the competitive special event industry.  After a lot of hard work The Dance Company became recognized as a reputable company and started to grow rapidly.
 

Cindy Johnson – Bio
Owner & Principal Event Planner
Platinum Events Group
www.platinumeventsgroup.com

Presenting: Destination Zone

Under the direction of owner and principal event planner Cindy Johnson, provides a fresh, yet unparalleled approach to event design, planning, and overall presentation. With her nine years of event planning experience Cindy’s professional portfolio consists of over 100 corporate, fundraising, and social events.
 


Vwodek Wojczynski
RSC Business Group
Global Executive Manager
www.rscbusinessgroup.com

Presenting: Sizzling Sales Zone

 Vwodek Wojczynski is a Futurist Business Coach, Consultant and Business Developer. He specializes in converting chaos into order and crafting business environments that accelerate outcomes for all involved. In his work he focuses on building self sustaining organizations, executives and true business owners – global citizens who work less, produce more and provide extraordinary value to their communities.

 

Simon Rayment – Bio
President
Pandor Productions
www.pandor.com

Presenting: Production Zone

Fifteen years ago, Simon Rayment entered the audio visual industry as a partner at Pandor Productions.  Based in Toronto, Canada, Simon is a seasoned professional specializing in all aspects of technical production.  He regularly lends his expertise to national and international industry conferences and events as a guest speaker.
 

 

 

 

 

Janice Cardinale
The Idea Hunter
The Idea Hunter
www.theideahunter.ca

Presenting: Idea Zone

Janice Cardinale is known as the event industry’s Idea Hunter, and 2010 promises to be a big year for Janice as she re-brands her well known Party Extras to The Idea Hunter "My obsession with hunting for new ideas and turning them into viable services for the event industry is just the beginning of what you can expect to see as the changeover begins." With ten successful years of building ideas for events big and small it is my ability to see unique opportunities translate into exceptional and show-stopping ideas. A true visionary with a very artistic imagination, Janice has an extensive library of contacts that she can call upon at a moment’s notice to help customize any type of event.

 

 

 

Scott Kress – Bio
President
Summit Training Development Ltd.
Frontier Teambuilding Group
www.summittraining.com

Scott began his career in training and development in 1989 and has worked with some of the leading experiential training organizations in the world including, Pecos River, Aon Consulting and Outward Bound.  He has studied adult learning, leadership, conflict resolution, change management, and much more at the hands of some of the most talented trainers in North America.  Scott is also a licensed facilitator of The Coaching Clinic©, Identity Mapping©, Foundations of Leadership™ , Effective Intelligence® and Emotional Intelligence®.
 

 

Nisha Chandra
Nisha Chandra Events
www.nishachandra.com

Presenting: Culture Zone

One of the cities hottest South Asian designers brings a wealth of experience to the industry.  Nisha joined the event market in 2009 and is on the fast track to making an impact in the cultural community here in Toronto with her unique Asian inspired designs.  Her themed tents, unique to Nisha Chandra events impacts events with warmth, vibrancy and comfort.  Today’s market requires communication to all communities and customers.  Nisha takes us into the future now and presents what she knows is the key to success. 

 

 

 

Dana Kaluzny – Bio
Venue Manager
Steam Whistle Brewing
www.steamwhistle.ca

A newcomer to the event industry, Dana began her career as a Wedding Coordinator at Steam Whistle Brewing in 2008. Later that year, she took over the position of Venue Manager and continues to learn and grow in this position today.

 

 

Nisha Chandra
Nisha Chandra Events
www.nishachandra.com

 

 

   

Tracey Manailescu – Bio
The Wedding Planners Institute of Canada
www.wpic.ca

Tracey is the Co-Founder of The Wedding Planners Institute of Canada and Co-Producer of The Professional Wedding Planners Conference.  She has been a certified Wedding Coordinator for over 8 years and is also a licensed Wedding Officiant.

 

Danielle Andrews Sunkel - Bio
The Wedding Planners Institute of Canada
www.wpic.ca

In the past 9 years Danielle has worked on over 150 weddings.  She is the Co-Founder of The Wedding Planners Institute of Canada and the owner of The Wedding Planners, Canada’s largest Wedding Coordination firm.